All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Comedy’

Ellen DeGeneres recently unveiled a prototype for her and wife Portia de Rossi’s Christmas card this holiday season. “This is the time of year where you have to order your holiday cards,” DeGeneres revealed on Monday’s episode of her talk show. “As you know, Portia and I started working on our holiday cards… and here’s the second one we came …

Popular comedy sites are putting themselves on the market left and right. Well, really just two – but they’re two important properties. Fresh off the news that Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die has hired a financial advisor to evaluate their options, it looks like The Onion has done the same. According to a report from Bloomberg, Onion Inc. (which owns …

In response to Kim Kardashian’s Paper magazine cover in which she bares her buttocks to the world, Chelsea Handler posted a pic of her own bare derriere on Instagram. In a post dated November 12, Handler showed a split screen of Kardashian’s viral cover with a bathroom selfie the former Chelsea Lately host took. Handler’s Instagram post, which shows her …

Could Funny or Die be up for sale? According to a report from Bloomberg, the online comedy site has “hired a financial adviser to evaluate options including a possible sale” In a memo to employees, CEO Dick Glover said that they’re not exactly trying to sell Funny or Die, but they are bringing in experts to evaluate the situation, considering …

It is now okay to say “pussy” on Comedy Central. All thanks to Amy Schumer, of Inside Amy Schumer fame, as well as the show’s executive producers. During the second season, the slang for female genitalia became a point of contention due to the fact that “dick” and other terms for the male sex organ are used freely in other …

Comedian Hannibal Buress is facing quite a bit of backlash after referring to Bill Cosby as a “rapist” during a stand-up routine in Cosby’s hometown of Philadelphia. During his late night show at the Trocadero in Philadelphia last week, Buress went on a rather lengthy rant about the legendary comedian. Not only does Buress call out Cosby’s perceived self-righteousness, he …

Netflix knows you love Bill Burr, so it’s giving the abrasively funny comedian yet another original content deal. First it was a new standup special, and now it’s an animated series. Netflix has announced that Bill Burr will star in a six-episode animated show called F is for Family. The show, which is based on Burr’s comedy, will also feature …

The comedy due of Key & Peele is slated to hit the silver screen next year. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are set to star in their first joint project together: a movie about a stolen cat named Keanu. The film, aptly title Keanu, will be under New Line Cinema, with which Key and Peele also reportedly agreed to do …

In a recent interview with HuffPost Live, comedienne Chelsea Handler revealed what it was like to be the best friend of Friends star Jennifer Aniston. Among other things, Handler said that being besties with Aniston was “a burden.” The former host of Chelsea Lately dished on her friendship with Aniston, saying that people are always trying to get information from …

On the Monday episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, legendary comedian Carol Burnett made an appearance to promote her play Love Letters. Burnett gave viewers a treat by pretending to recall a ‘90s soap opera in which she supposedly starred with Jimmy Fallon, and the trip down memory lane provided the studio audience with a barrel of laughs. Fallon “reminded” …

Netflix announced that it has signed a deal with Adam Sandler, which will see him produce and star in four exclusive feature films for the company. Netflix is getting down to business in the movie industry now. Earlier this week, the company announced a deal with The Weinstein Company for its first original feature film, a sequel to Crouching Tiger, …

The fourth season only debuted in June, but Crackle has already announced the fifth season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – its flagship show, which features comedian Jerry Seinfeld driving around in cars and drinking coffee with other comedians. It will debut on November 6th. The last season included such stars as Aziz Ansari, Robert Klein, Sarah Jessica Parker, …